Role of Pharmacist in Disaster Management A Quantitative Content Analysis Approach

The authors of this study discuss their analysis in reviewing existing literature that addresses pharmacists’ roles in disasters. They reviewed 106 reports and of those, only 20 were determined to meet their eligibility criteria. Table 3 depicts the summary of the proportion of literature that described pharmacist roles in disaster management including pharmaceutical supply (44%), patient management (20%), response integration (15%) and policy coordination (13%).